LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

City week

Genre

Interview; Speech; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:26:20

Description

City Week, presented by Tom Maddocks. The week’s news as seen through the eyes of IRN’s Financial Unit. Topics this week: UK Government’s handling of the economy and the latest financial figures; unemployment statistics; foreign trade; company fringe benefits; report of the Institute of Management on industry incompetence; commodities market; car hire market. Speaking are: Sir Geoffrey Howe, Chancellor (speech to Institute of Directors); Walter Goldsmith, Institute of Directors; Leslie Tolley, Institute of Management; Jerry Culvert(?), Financial Weekly; Roy Hill, International Management magazine; David Cobham, author; Dick Grace, Conti Commodities; Eric Thomas. British Airways. Reporters: John Greenwood, Barbara Bloomfield, Andrew Craven, Douglas Moffitt, Di Latham. Studio production by Don Shanahan.

Contributors

Geoffrey Howe; Di Latham; Walter Goldsmith; Andrew Craven; John Greenwood; Tom Maddocks; Douglas Moffitt; Don Shanahan; Dick Grace; Leslie Tolley; Roy Hill; David Cobham; Eric Thomas; Barbara Bloomfield; Jerry Culvert(?)

Keywords

Reports; Economics; Unemployment; Cars; Economic policy; International trade; Financial policy; Financial institutions; Aerospace industry; Mergers; Financial statistics; Unemployment statistics; Economic reform; Financial markets; Commodities; Rentals; Institute of Management

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